kidnaper (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *kidnaper*:
NOUN	person	kidnaper, kidnapper, abductor, snatcher	someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

English > *kidnaper*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom).
Synonyms	kidnapper, abductor, snatcher
Narrower	crimp, crimper	someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors / sailors or soldiers
Narrower	shanghaier, seizer	A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
Broader	captor, capturer	A person who captures and holds people or animals
Broader	criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor	someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Spanish	capturador, raptora, raptor, secuestradora, secuestrador
Catalan	raptor, segrestador
Verbs	kidnap	take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom

HyperDic: kidnaper